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Lexicon :: Strong's H5861 - ʿayiṭ

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עַיִט
Transliteration
ʿayiṭ
Pronunciation
ah'-yit
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1610a

Strong’s Definitions

עַיִט ʻayiṭ, ah'-yit; from H5860; a hawk or other bird of prey:—bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H5861 in the following manner: fowl (4x), bird (2x), ravenous bird (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H5861 in the following manner: fowl (4x), bird (2x), ravenous bird (2x).

  1. bird of prey, a swooper

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַיִט ʻayiṭ, ah'-yit; from H5860; a hawk or other bird of prey:—bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
STRONGS H5861: Abbreviations
† עַ֫יִט noun masculineJer 12:19 bird(s) of prey (from scream); — absolute ע׳ Genesis 15:11+, עָ֑יִט Job 28:7, with article (perhaps) הַע׳ Jeremiah 12:9b (compare Gie; הַע׳ interrogative Jeremiah 12:9a); construct עֵיט Isaiah 18:6; Ezekiel 39:4; — usually collective Genesis 15:11 (JE), Isaiah 18:6; Job 28:7, עֵיט הָרִים Isaiah 18:6, עֵיט כָּל־כָּנָף צִפּוֹר Ezekiel 39:4; figurative of foes of Judah Jeremiah 12:9 b; of single bird Jeremiah 12:9a (figurative of Judah), Isaiah 46:11 (figurative of invader, || אִישׁ עֲצָתִי).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:11; 15:11

Job

28:7; 28:7

Isaiah

18:6; 18:6; 18:6; 46:11

Jeremiah

12:9; 12:9; 12:9; 12:9

Ezekiel

39:4; 39:4

H5861

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5861 matches the Hebrew עַיִט (ʿayiṭ),
which occurs 8 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:11 - And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:7 - “That path no bird of prey knows,
and the falcon’s eye has not seen it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:6 - They shall all of them be left
to the birds of prey of the mountains
and to the beasts of the earth.
And the birds of prey will summer on them,
and all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:11 - calling a bird of prey from the east,
the man of my counsel from a far country.
I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass;
I have purposed, and I will do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - Is my heritage to me like a hyena’s lair?
Are the birds of prey against her all around?
Go, assemble all the wild beasts;
bring them to devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:4 - You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your hordes and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
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